ECCC R6: Novy Bor Chess Club aims for their third Gold

Harikrishna misses a win against Yangyi, Divya and Vaishali battle each other to a draw

Six teams - SuperChess, Turkish Airlines, Alkaloid, TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana, Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club and C'Chartres Echecs are trailing the sole leader, Novy Bor Chess Club by a full point at 10/12 each. A win against SuperChess in the final round by Novy Bor Chess Club makes them a clear champion, whereas anything else will bring tie-breaks into play to decide the winner. In the Women's event, TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana and SuperChess Club are the coleaders 10/12 each. TAJFUN will face Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo and SuperChess will be up against Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica in the final round with Gold medal implications.

Rested Indians in Round 6: GM S L Narayanan.

Open: Novy Bor Chess Club - Alkaloid: 3-3

GM Vidit Gujrathi (2726) drew with GM Arjun Erigaisi (2797). GM Pentala Harikrishna (2688) had a rare miss in the endgame against GM Yangyi Yu (2717). GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2698) drew with GM David Navara (2683). GM Aleksandra Indjic (2620) scored the sole win for Alkaloid against GM David Anton Guijarro (2667). GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (2663) delivered the equalizer against GM Velimir Ivic (2610). Thus the match ended in a 3-3 draw.

Harikrishna - Yangyi

Position after 61.b5

Black is still in the game but needs to be very careful. 61...Rf1?? loses however, 61...Rf3 does not. The game continued 62.Kc6 Rc1+ 63.Kb7 f5 64.b6 f4 65.Rf7 would have been winning for White. Instead, 62.Rc7?? allowed Black to get back in the game.

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Turkish Airlines - C'Chartres Echecs: 3-3

GM Nihal Sarin (2668) drew with GM Daniel Dardha (2604). GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2632) scored the sole win for C'Chartres Echecs against GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729). GM Ediz Gurel (2625) scored the lone win for Turkish Airlines, over GM Christian Bauer (2557). The match result was a 3-3 draw.

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Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub - SuperChess: 1.5-4.5

GM D Gukesh (2794) was held to a draw by GM Pavel Eljanov (2582). GM R Praggnanandhaa (2746) scored a nice win over GM Maksim Chigaev (2624). GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2691), GM Jorden van Foreest (2697) and GM Javokhir Sindarov (2668) scored the remaining wins over GM Benjamin Gledura (2639), GM Ihor Samunenkov (2533) and GM Gergely Aczel (2460) respectively.

Chigaev - Praggnanandhaa

Praggnanandhaa made a very nice practical pawn sacrifice 27...b3! to create a passed pawn 28.axb3 a3 29.Bc4 Qb4 ensuring the b3-pawn remains fixed, so that the white bishop cannot control the a2-square. Black eventually used his passed a-pawn to his advantage and went on to win the game.

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Perfect - Vados Chess Club: 1-5

GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2622) had a solid draw with GM Sanan Sjugirov (2637). GM Aryan Chopra (2620) scored a sublime victory over GM Alexey Sarana (2717).

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Women: Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo - Garuda Ajka BSK: 2-2

All four games ended in draws. IM Divya Deshmukh (2501) sacrificed her knight to make things interesting. However, GM R Vaishali (2487) defended correctly and gave no chance to her opponent who was also her Gold medal winning Olympiad teammate at 45th Olympiad.

Divya - Vaishali

16.Nxe6!? is an interesting sacrifice Bxe3+ 17.Rxe3 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 fxe6 19.Rxe6+ Kf8 20.Rb6 Rb8 21.g4 Ke7 22.Re6+ Kf7 23.g5 Bd5 24.Rxa6 Bxb3 25.axb3 Ng8 26.Ra7+ Ne7 27.Re1 Rhe8 28.c3 and the game ended in a draw in another ten moves.

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Rudar Kostolac - MSK CENTAR: 1.5-2.5

WGM Savitha Shri B (2348) salvaged a draw from a difficult position against IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (2439). Savitha's team Rudar Kostolac lost to MSK CENTAR 1.5-2.5

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Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 20th to 25th October 2024. The final round on 26th October starts 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. The seven-round Swiss system tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament will be taking place at Hotel Zepter in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.

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